Tag Archives: COVID-19

Kampala, Uganda |THE INDEPENDENT | Moses Bayola, the General Secretary of Uganda journalists Association (UJA), condemned some journalists who accepted cash from businessman Ham Kiggundu who on Saturday offered sh100m to help efforts to control the COVID-19. The journalists  were covering the launch of the distribution of relief food to be given …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Schools will pick up from where they stopped with the first term  of learning after the 30-day school lockdown, according to the Ministry of Education and sports.  The school term was prematurely cut short on March  19,2020 as a precautionary measure to forestall the spread of …

Kasese, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Locals in Kasese Municipality have defied a presidential directive to stay at home as a measure to control the possible spread of coronavirus disease -COVID-19. The stay at home campaign has been emphasized by President Yoweri Museveni as a strategy to tame crowds, in a …

  ✳ No extra fees when term 1 resumes ✳ No formal end of term 1 exams ✳ Term I could resume April 27th Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |   The Ministry of Education and Sports has directed all educational institutions not to levy any extra fees when school resumes …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ongoing lockdown has affected the distribution of newspapers in Karamoja, a region located about 350 kilometres from the capital Kampala. The newspaper scarcity started after the ban on public transport one of the measures announced by the government to control COVID-19. The region …

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP |  South African public healthcare workers dispersed into the buzzing streets of Johannesburg’s Yeoville neighbourhood on Friday as Africa’s worst virus-hit country rolled out mass door-to-door testing for COVID-19. Armed with screening questionnaires and testing kits, medics and volunteers set up their testing station on the front …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Health is tracing more than 2000 travelers who are suspected to have been exposed to COVID-19  as they travelled to Uganda. The travelers came from Dubai and other high risk countries before the government announced restrictions on travelers from countries like …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police is holding a 24-year-old man who hoodwinked people in Soroti that he can cure COVID-19, with a concoction of herbal medicine. Speaking to Journalists at the Uganda Media Centre today, police spokesperson Fred Enanga said they couldn’t allow the suspect, identified as …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum General Hospital in northern Uganda has run out of protective equipment (PPE) for health workers. Dr Geoffrey Okello, Kitgum General Hospital acting Medical Superintendent says protective equipment especially masks delivered by government in the fourth quarter have run out. He made the revelation …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Medical workers under their umbrella organization, the Uganda Medical Association are threatening to lay down their tools if the government doesn’t clarify how they are to operate in the wake of Coronavirus Disease (COVID -19) which came with lockdowns, in among others, public transport. …